• Explain the meaning of Sources of Islamic Shari’ah.

• State the characteristics of the Holy Qur’an

• Clarify the authority of the noble Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH)
• Infer the importance of independent reasoning (Ijtihad) in
deducting Shari’ah rules.
• State some sources of Shari’ah that are based on
independent reasoning (Ijtihad)
Sunnah states rules
which are not mentioned
in the Quran
Sunnah stresses the
content of the Holy
Quran

Sunnah details a
general rule of the
Quran
Explanation of
the Qur’an in
detail

Evidence not
provided in
the Quran

Evidence not
provided in
the Quran
Prohibition
Not permitted

It is corrupted because it contradicts the meaning of the verse

"‫( “وآتوا النساء صدقاتهن نِ ْحلَة‬and give women their dowries as gifts).
Spread of mad cow disease in some countries
Lead to people's illness
Prevent the import of cattle and meat from all countries
Blocking the means of evils

The person has a criminal history

That may lead to complication
Avoid dealing with such people
Blocking the means of evils
 Ijma/ ‫إجماع‬
The agreement of the worshipers of the
nation of Muhammad after his death on
a legitimate ruling in an era of the ages
That people usually do or say
Maslahah
Mursalah‫المصلحة المرسلة‬
The interests that bring good or drive evil
and did not respond in the Sharia evidence
to consider or cancel
The miracle, of Allah’s
word that is revealed to
our master Muhammad
(PBUH), is to be recited
to worship.
Sadd Al-Zarai ‫سد الزرائع‬
Blocking the permissible acts
that lead to evil.
Qiyas/‫قياس‬
Deductive analogy is used to derive a ruling for new
situations that are not addressed by the Qur'an and
Sunnah,
 Quran
Sadd al-Zarai
Qiyas

Ijma

Qiyas
Quran
• Understanding the texts in the Holy Quran and Sunnah
• To find emerging facts about which no provision has been
made
What do we mean when we say in the definition of the Holy Quran that
reciting the Quran is an act of worship?

• Recitation is worship. Without it, prayer is not valid, and the

reciters will be rewarded in double.
 Tick the following statements as True or (x), then correct the false ones
Correction of
Statement Answer
false ones
Adopting the principle of public interest is a way of
1
making things easy under Islamic Sharia.
Norms and habits have no consideration in the Sources of
2
Fatwas of religious scholars. legislation
Sources of The branch
legislation takes the
When making an analogy, the rule of the branch
3 rule of
matter applies to the original matter. original
The branch takes the
rule of origin matter
Consensus is the agreement of religious scholars After the
4 prophet’s
during the time of the Prophet, PBUH, regarding After the prophet’s
death death
Sharia rule.
Fourth: reorder the words to make the definition of the words
between brackets:
a rule / to/ making I of Sharia I efforts I deduce (definition
of independent reasoning, Ijtihad)
Making efforts to deduce a Sharia rule

A stipulated norm is equivalent to a known condition

The means to blocking evil.

 No

No

Because it contradicts the explicit Quran for saying

Almighty: "‫“ "يوصيكم هللا في أوالدكم للذكر مثل حظ األنثيين‬Allah
recommends you in your children to the male like the luck
of the two females"